The masterminds behind Coney Island's Luna Park, Frederic Thompson and Skip Dundy, were hardly plausible candidates for revolutionizing the notion of pleasure. And yet that is exactly what they did.
The explorer Henry Hudson, commanding the "Half-Moon," puts in at Coney Island before continuing into what is now called New York Harbor. According to tradition, his right-hand man, John Coleman ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Darryn King writes about arts and culture of all kinds. In the spring (and summer), a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of ...